No. 19-7429

Louis Mitchell, Jr. v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-01-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment aggravating-circumstances aggravating-mitigating-circumstances constitutional-rights death-penalty fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-determination jury-trial mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the mandatory weighing of aggravating and mitigating circumstances under the California death penalty statute—a factfinding determination that serves to increase the statutory maximum for the crime—violate the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments where there is no requirement this determination must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does the mandatory weighing of aggravating and mitigating circumstances under the California death penalty statute—a factfinding determination that serves to increase the statutory maximum for the crime— violate the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments where there is no requirement this determination must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? i

Docket Entries

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-03-04
Reply of petitioner Louis Mitchell, Jr. filed. (Distributed).
2020-02-20
Brief of respondent The State of California in opposition filed.
2020-01-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 27, 2020)
2019-11-19
Application (19A561) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 25, 2020.
2019-11-14
Application (19A561) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 26, 2019 to January 25, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Louis Mitchell, Jr.
Maria Jesus MorgaCalifornia Office of the State Public Defender, Petitioner
Maria Jesus MorgaCalifornia Office of the State Public Defender, Petitioner
The State of California
Kristen Kinnaird CheneliaCA Dept. of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Kristen Kinnaird CheneliaCA Dept. of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent